2006 · comedy · crime · chinese
Crazy Stone
Directed by Ning Hao1h 38m2006
Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security guards are not the only obstacle these thieves are facing. An extremely unlucky internationally known master thief is also trying to get a hand on this piece of precious jade. What would be the final destination of this piece of crazy stone?
Our read: Crazy Stone (2006) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · crime · chinese entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- warm
- kinetic
- twisty
- funny
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